TITLE : A Warm Welcome
SERIES : I doubt it
RATING : PG
AUTHOR : snow dome
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PAIRING : Iker Casillas Fernandez/Raul Gonzalez Blanco
SUMMARY : Raul takes an interest in Real Madrid's new goalkeeper.
STATUS : Complete, June 25, 2002
CATEGORY : fluff, first time

ARCHIVE : Yes to list archives.
DISCLAIMER : I don't claim to know these people and certainly don't own them. Any events that resemble real life events are purely coincidental. This story is fictional.
CREDITS : Much kudos to Mez for agreeing with the pairing, and then for the very helpful beta.
AUTHOR'S NOTES : This story is written in the name of ORP (http://orp.deep-ice.com)
Iker and Raul are Spanish, but I'm not going to even attempt to use their language in dialogue or not ¡V unless it's something that I know is easily translatable to English readers (which isn't that hard because I'm not very familiar with the language myself and I figure if I know the meaning, everyone else should be able to work it out). Just imagine that they're speaking Spanish. Raul has been playing for Real Madrid since 1994, and Iker joined in 1999. My research would tell me that Iker joined sometime after he turned 19, but I'm not certain of this because I couldn't find an exact date with all of the research I did.
The only site I found that said anything about Raul's wife said that they were recently married. He also has a child, but I'm hoping these things didn't happen until after Iker joined Real Madrid, however I have left the story open in case this is not the case.


During Iker's first day of training with Real Madrid, Iker was unable to get to know his teammates while their coach pushed them to their limits. There were hurdles to jump, techniques to practise and footballs to kick. A lot of the focus was also put into practicing penalty shots for Iker to try and stop.

After training, in the showers, however, one of the younger footballers opened an offer to introduce him to everyone. Iker certainly didn't expect quite a welcome - especially not from the famous Raul. The strikers seemed to be the keenest to get into conversation with the new recruit, and Iker was beginning to feel a bit overwhelmed with all the attention. Raul noticed the feeling emitting from Iker's eyes and decided to invite him back to his place.

"Nice goalkeeping," Raul said to Iker of their training session.

They were in Raul's car on the way to Raul's house when Iker received the compliment from his new teammate. Iker accepted the compliment and returned it with one of his own.

"You're pretty good yourself. I don't think I could ever stop all of your shots."

"I can tell we're going to get along very well together," Raul said intuitively.

It wasn't long before Raul pulled in to his driveway and invited Iker inside. Once indoors and away from watchful eyes, Raul commented on how attractive he found Iker. As Iker was still a teenager, he was rather unsure of how to take Raul's words. Did he just mean it as a compliment, meaning that females would take a liking to him, or something else?

"Gracias," Iker said, deciding to take it as a compliment.

Raul invited Iker to take a tour around the entirety of his house, and whilst doing so, he told Iker that he would be welcome to visit at any time. The last stop on the tour happened to be Raul's bedroom. At this point, Iker learned of a few of Raul's adventurous evenings, and Raul prompted Iker to share some of his own.

Trust seemed to be a personal attribute of Raul's. Iker saw the opportunity to place his trust in Raul in return and took it. He assumed there would not be as many stories to share of his own sex life, but Raul did not seem to mind. In fact, it appeared to Iker that Raul almost got off on the idea.

"Should we stop sharing?" Iker asked, evidently worried that perhaps their conversation was not the best way to start a friendship.

Raul did not answer and simply closed his eyes. Iker wondered what thoughts might be running through Raul's mind, hoping he was thinking of how to change the conversation. While Iker waited for a new topic, he closed his own eyes and lay back on Raul's bed - he was still exhausted from training.

The next thing Iker felt was something on his lips. Raul's fingers? No. He opened his eyes to see the innocent appearance of Raul's face, eyes still closed, directly in front of him. It was Raul's lips that were touching his own. Iker closed his eyes again and decided to go with the flow. He pushed his lips into Raul's and felt a tingly sensation run down his spine as Raul deepened the kiss. It was the first time Iker had such an experience with another man. Before he signed to Real Madrid, he hadn't really considered men as an option, but Raul's soft lips made for a good introduction if Iker decided to continue to be with men, he thought.

He'd only had a shower probably an hour earlier, but Iker thought he was going to be due to have another one before leaving Raul's house. Having Raul's hand feel him across his chest was beginning to make him hot. If he started sweating profusely over Raul's bed, he wasn't sure if he'd be able to forgive himself. Then again, Raul prompted the event. He just didn't want to embarrass himself in the presence of one of the greatest football players by current standards.

Iker began to breathe heavier against Raul's wild lips. This caused Raul to slow his pace before pausing. He sat up on the bed and hinted for Iker to do the same.

"Is this your first time with a man?" Raul asked.

A simple nod was Iker's response, followed by an "Is it that obvious?"

"It's okay, I won't rush anything," Raul said. "We should probably leave it at that for today."

Iker agreed. It was all new to him and although he did find Raul appealing, he wasn't sure if the decision to take their relationship beyond friendship was a good one. If they were to continue on the path of passionate kisses, Iker wanted to be sure he knew where he stood and be able to enter the situation on his terms. They had only just met and Iker wanted to at least get to know Raul as a friend first. It was the idea of keeping the friendship without going further that was bothering him. In any instance, Iker couldn't help but wonder if they were starting off on the wrong foot.

"Would you like a lift home?" Raul asked.

"Si, Gracias," Iker responded. He could wait until he was home to take that second shower for the day.

End.


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